Rat deterent?

I'm next to a field and the little rat critters always eat half the
fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to
have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than
dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them
away without irritating the pets next door?
Or some other way to keep them out of the trees? Maybe trimming the
trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some
trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum
foil or some other guard around the trunks?

We usually had stray cats on the farm to keep the rat, mice and
ground squirrel population down. The strays with kittens seemed to
be the best hunters.
Feeding them made them lazy just as it does with humans.

fruit or more every year. Too many in the field for traps or poison to
have much effect. I read where rodents hear higher frequencies than
dogs & cats, and am wondering if a whistle in that range might keep them
away without irritating the pets next door?

trees so that the limbs are not touching anything might work for some
trees, but not practical for all of them. And then wrapping aluminum
foil or some other guard around the trunks?

I had one of these rat terriers years ago and come to think of it never
saw a rodent. Good animal but kind of yappy and moody - liked to snip
at you. Training helped but didn't change the attitude problem.
No snakes here - lovely Miseries goes nuts at the sight of a garden
spider or slug...

The definition of a Jack Russel IS attitude. Another definition is
"all heart and mouth" They make the energizer bunny look lazy. They
will chase a ball untill your arm falls off, and they are loyal almost
to a fault. Just don't piss one off!!!

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